Mukaffir
/muːˈkæfɪr/noun
A person who declares another Muslim to be an unbeliever or outside the faith.
Did you know?Mukaffir derives from the Arabic root K-F-R, whose older semantic field includes covering or concealing, before developing religious meanings connected with denial and unbelief.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*k-p-r
“A reconstructed root associated with covering or concealing”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
kafara
“To cover, conceal, deny, or show ingratitude; in religious usage, to disbelieve”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
kāfir
“An unbeliever or one who denies the faith”
Medieval Arabic
Arabic
takfīr
“The act of declaring someone an unbeliever”
Medieval Arabic
Arabic
mukaffir
“One who performs takfīr or declares another person an unbeliever”
Modern English
English
mukaffir
“A person who declares another Muslim to be an unbeliever”